ort
[awrt]
- Usually orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Origin of ort
1400–50; late Middle English; cognate with Low German ort, early Dutch oorete; compare Old English or- out-, ǣt food (see eat)
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atom, butt, chip, chunk, crumb, dab, dash, division, dollop, dose, dot, dram, driblet, drop, droplet, end, excerpt, flake, fraction, fragmentExamples from the Web for ort
Historical Examples
I'd ort to shoot yo' daid right wher' yo' at—an' mebbe I will.
The Gold GirlJames B. Hendryx
They ain't finished as they ort to be, and I would not wear 'em.
It helps to make me fergit what I was and to brace up an' be what I ort.
Motor Matt; or, The King of the WheelStanley R. Matthews
"Well, they ort to, that's all I got to say," said Aunt Pilcher doubtfully.
I don't run no 'dollar you got, dollar you didn't get, an' dollar you ort to got' outfit.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber CampsJames B. Hendryx
Word Origin and History for ort
n.
"remains of food left from a meal," mid-15c., probably cognate with early Dutch ooraete, Low German ort, from or-, privative prefix, + etan "to eat" (see eat (v.)). Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word.
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